I'll make this brief (for me), because I really don't feel well and have stuff to do.
The kids (with lots of mommy help) made their Easter crafts today. Jack made the pompom chick, Sophie made the pompom bunny, and Chloë made the feather chick. They were a bit harder than I thought they'd be, mainly because we didn't have good, tacky glue. Oh, well. The journey was more important than the destination, in this case.
I learned a little lesson about kids and crafting while we were at the Cub Club at Great Wolf Lodge. For me, it's important that arts and crafts be functional. I hate just making stuff for the sake of stuff. I hate having the clutter (haha, I know, given all we have in this little house) and then not being able to do anything with it after a sufficient period of admiration, other than store it or toss it.
But kids are different, y'know? They don't care about functionality so much as the process of exploring different media and using a variety of supplies. That's the fun part for them. So I guess more often I'll just throw a bunch of things at them and let them go at it, and appreciate what they do no matter whether we can do something with it! I'll just keep my preferences about usefulness to myself.
But enough about that.
I haven't really been eating well at all since I first got the flu, about three weeks ago. Since then, between puking a lot and just not getting back on my regular feed, I'm barely taking in 300 calories a day, which is not optimal, obviously. So last night, I made myself some sugar-free Jell-o to try and 'baby' my tummy a little, and start over with liquids. It was ready today... but the kids found it, and hey wanted it. I really didn't. All this to say, here are some pictures of my kids eating neon yellow Jell-O.
After that, we went upstairs for me to shower and then attack the laundry monster. I have decided it is just impossible to keep him at bay and to learn to live with it. Drives me crazy, though. Fortunately, I had not one but three willing helpers today, and they each put away their own folded clothes. We're only about halfway done, though, so back at it tomorrow!
We quit when it was time to get Chloë ready for Tap. I put the Nonnies down for naps, and Rob came home to Curly Sue to dance class. I was going to do stuff (clean, work on the coupons I never did this past weekend, maybe some scrapbooking), but I felt crappy and just bummed around online.
I was getting the mail just as they returned. There was a package for Chloë from Zenni Optical, containing her very cheap ($20, maybe?) new pair of back-up glasses for the days when her regular pair are gawn missin'. I can't really recommend Zenni, though; a reader suggested it after we purchased my Rx sunglasses from EyeBuyDirect.com, because they have children's frames. Well, I found a LOT of bad reviews online about Zenni but decided to chance it anyway. You can see they actually did arrive, and they got the prescription right, but the frames are way too big, despite the measurements I had (and gave). So, these will stay in hiding for those rare days when the cute pair can't be found!
We had a mystery shop for dinner at IHOP tonight, so Rob woke up the Nons (much to their utmost chagrin, especially Jack's) to get out there for some grub. The kids all ate amazingly well, and Rob cracked that he was going to cry with joy! It's always great when these notoriously stingy eaters surprise us like that. As for myself, I barely ate and took 95% of my meal - and a stomachache - home. So much for eating well today.
At home, we all got into cleaning mode to better the downstairs, and then the kids had a little dessert while I fussed about basketball pre-empting my viewing of Big Bang Theory (the best show on TV). And now, I really have some coupons to attend to. I haven't organized them for weeks, and that is a sad, sad situation, my friends.
Fin.
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